From one country legend to a different, Dolly Parton paid her respects to the late Loretta Lynn.
The four-time Grammy winner — whose glittering profession spanned six a long time — died at age 90 on Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.
“So sorry to listen to about my sister, friend Loretta,” Parton wrote in a press release on Twitter. “We’ve been like sisters all of the years we’ve been in Nashville and she or he was an exquisite human being, wonderful talent, had thousands and thousands of fans and I’m certainly one of them.
“I miss her dearly as all of us will. May she rest in peace.”
The pair have been close pals for a long time while dominating the country music scene respectively. Parton and Lynn, together with Tammy Wynette, released their Grammy-nominated hit “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” in 1993.
In 2019, Parton posted a sweet snap of the pair on Facebook, writing, “Friends ceaselessly.”
Lynn rushed to the comments section, writing, “Love you honey!”
The pair have exchanged several sweet messages on social media. Later that 12 months, Lynn celebrated Parton’s fiftieth anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in a tweet.
“Congrats to my dear friend Dolly Parton, for celebrating 50 years as a member of the Grand Ole Opry,” Lynn wrote alongside a pic of the pair. “She’s my mountain sister. I like her music and I’ll all the time love her.”
Lynn — who was raised in rural Kentucky — became a worldwide sensation along with her 1971 track “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”
Her other hits included “You Ain’t Woman Enough,” “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)” and “You’re Taking a look at Country.”
The Academy of Country Music selected Lynn because the artist of the last decade for the Nineteen Seventies and she or he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988.
